Trust in Our Perfect Priest

Hey, hey, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions this morning. We're at Hebrews chapter 7 verses 18 through 28 or 20 through 28. Sorry 20 through 28 man this is an amazing and exciting passage all about what does it mean for Jesus to be our high priest and it is Crazy good.
We're gonna have some coffee. We're gonna get into this I'm gonna be speaking quick because I want to try to not go on forever, but man is it good. So to get all that goodness in, we're going to have to move fast. Let's have some coffee. We'll pray and we'll get into God's word. Let's pray. Father, you have given us amazing gold this morning. Truth that is sweeter than honey. We pray, God, that you would please help us. Help us to understand it. Well, Lord, we pray that it would move us, move us towards love and move us towards trust and move us towards hope. Only your spirit can do this. Please help us, Lord, we pray in Jesus's name. Amen. Here you go, Hebrews chapter 7 verse 20 through 28.
And inasmuch as he was not made high priest without an oath, for they have become high priests without an oath, but he by an oath with an oath by him who said to him, the Lord has sworn and will not relent. You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. Verse 22, By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. Also, there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore, He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens, who does not need daily as those high priests to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for the people's. For this he did once or all when he offered up himself for the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints the son who has been perfected for ever. Man, what an amazing passage. We need to ask ourselves, A, what is this about? B, what's the best verse to summarize this? And C, what are we called to do in response to this? So what is this about?
This is all about Jesus and his high priesthood compared to the Old Testament. Aaronic priesthood. So there's some comparing and contrasting here. So the first thing is that this comparing between Jesus's priesthood in the order of Melchizedek and those of the Aaronic priesthood.
Jesus's priesthood was sworn by an oath. Psalm 110, he says, and the Lord has sworn and will not relent. You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. So Jesus has a priesthood that was sworn by the Father, promised to never end. The Aaronic priesthood never had that.
And so it says that he has become the surety of a better covenant. Right. There's a better agreement. There's a new covenant and this new covenant in Jesus's blood. Remember what he said at the Lord's table right when he had that final meal with his disciples. This is the blood of the covenant of the new covenant, which is in my blood. Jesus is saying he is the surety. He is the down payment. He is the guarantee. He gave his life. But he laid it down that he might pick it up again, because this was the Father's will. And this is where it ties in again.
Notice, also there were many priests because they were prevented by death from continuing, right? You had priests, you had Aaron, and then you have his two sons. Well, he has four sons, two of whom who defile the altar with their profane fire. The Lord kills them. And so you have Eleazar and his brother, they become priests. And then it goes on and on and on and on and on. Every priest of the Aaronic family dies. Every single one of them. They can't continue on. They can't guarantee that their priesthood is going to bring God's favor towards them.
But notice, therefore, but verse 24, but he, because he continues forever, because Jesus was raised again from the dead and lives and ascended up into heaven, Jesus, because of his eternal life, is able to save us to the uttermost. He has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore, verse 25, he is also able to save to the uttermost who come to God through him since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Why is Jesus in heaven? Jesus is there making continual intercession for his people. It is Jesus who's the high priest. Jesus is the priest. It's just Jesus. Jesus alone, right? This is a very, very important thing to get at. It is Jesus we look to. It's Jesus's sacrifice, Jesus laying down his life, Jesus who is our priest. It's him who is our mediator. He's the surety of the covenant. He's the hope we have. No priest here on earth, no sacrifice here on earth.
Our sacrifice was done once for all, finished. And our high priest intercedes for us continually in heaven in his everlasting life with a priesthood that was based on a vow, an oath that the Lord himself made. And so talking about Jesus, verse 26, for such a high priest was fitting for us. And what does it say that Jesus is?
He is holy. He is harmless. He's undefiled. He's separate from sinners. Jesus, as our high priest, has become higher than the heavens. Do you hear what this is saying? Nothing can spoil or spot or ruin Jesus' sacrifice and ministry. No, He is perfect.
Because Jesus, verse 27, who does not need daily those high priests, right, the Aaron and his sons, to offer up sacrifices first for his own sins and then for his people's, right? Jesus didn't need to sacrifice himself for his own sins, no. He was perfect, holy, spotless, without blemish, separate from sinners, tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.
And so he has a better sacrifice than Aaron and his sons. And he, verse 27, the very end of it, for this he did once for all when he offered up himself. He is the Lamb of God who came to take away the sins of the world. This is why the angels in heaven stand around his throne and rejoice.
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. or the law's appointment as high priest men who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints the son who has been perfected forever. Jesus in his high priesthood is way better than everything we learned in the first five books of the Bible. As we spent almost two years looking through all of the Pentateuch and we wrestled with the various commandments and we looked at the beautiful things that were going on in the tabernacle and how God had designed their robes and made their priesthood, all of this was meant to point to Jesus who has a much better priesthood and a better sacrifice and eternal life and he will reign Forever as our high priest making intercession for us with his once for all perfect sacrifice And so we look to and we trust in jesus Alone, that's what this is about. It's about jesus jesus having a better priesthood jesus being better than any priest jesus having a better sacrifice than any priest could ever make and jesus being our hope forever What's the best verse to summarize this?
Well, I, man, I got a ton underlined in my Bible. Well, I have verse 20 underlined, but then I have sworn double underlined, and will not relent double underlined, forever underlined. I have verse 25 underlined, and part of verse 26, and part of verse 27, and part of verse 28. I don't know, this is a hard one for me. What verse would you underline as the best verse to summarize in your Bible?
What we're called to do, hope in Jesus Christ. That is what we are called to do. Trust in his sacrifice alone. It's Jesus who alone is our High Priest. This is one of the amazing things about Christianity. We do not need any other priest in this life because we look to Jesus alone who is our High Priest. We look to the one who has an everlasting priesthood, an everlasting life, who is spotless and without sin. This is the Jesus we serve. This is the God whom we love. this is the one who has a ministry better than any angel because he is our high priest in the order of Melchizedek God has sworn it and it is so and so trust in Jesus who is holy and unchangeable remarkable in every way of our devotion man there's a lot of hope What a great God we have.
What a wonderful sacrifice. Let's pray. Lord, it's hard to keep back the joy and the excitement as we think about this passage. Lord, you have blessed us with an eternal blessing, that you have given us Jesus Christ, and in his blood, Christ for sin and death has been paid, perfectly, finally, completely, because you have sworn to him by oath that he will be a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. Lord, we thank you for Jesus. Lord, please give us hope and assurance, strength and comfort in our Lord Jesus. In His name we pray. Amen. May the Lord bless you. May you rest in Jesus. May you trust in Him and His finished sacrifice. I'll see you next time. Bye.